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sl . IPORX OUT A DEFENCE OF THE CORPORATION. Directors Deny Complicity m Weighing Fraud*— cers Re-elected. - \ ♦*„ report of the board of directors of 1 "«n Sasar Refining Company. tte , A 7.?H^ a t'tlie annual meeting of **»"" £ Jersey City yesterday, there *^ SIS I that the company was a •"A.S * aSiticn to a declaration that : an, one no atteriDt- <--■ underweighins frOT prOE f C X;! tV 6 '>>card did not believe frauds an _ --*- ■ -■ direc tor had any S^S^SnS —mm. docks at 0 ;; tcs out O f to e 900.0 m perffiiuea 6j • 1- * t out fcr approval **** to. to* Sectors elected were. JftSwTS" w: B.i b o^. » 5 . **«. J™"J; AtJdn. and Edwin S. Marstcn. president of the Fanners' L^an and Company; for two years. Samuel C. docker and BaflMl Carr. "Mr TbaaMs. who is president of the ccm e-aV and Mr. N'iese were re-elected- Mr. Erniton. Mr. Atkins and Mr Carr. repre ■Bßttor ite New England Interests, and Mr. Hooker are new directors. Before the elec tic" 1 the bylaws were amended to provide ,^ € ieven directors, instead of nine, and for tie ciiar.se cf the date at the annual netting fnra the second "Wednesday in T-jm&ry tc ' " ? secend "Wednesday In Mare*- After the Etockholders* meeting t^r diractcrs re-elected the former officers. T"be dtzzz* cf time Cor the annual meet <-*"%. was ex-lamed, was due to the in %bl!rr to pre^zre the annual financial re ----- for the early date after the cc& of the rear The report will be sent ta the stoc&helders as soon a it is ready, tosae tirr.e in February. the directors saying that pandteg this they wished to assure the faaer that the "ear had been a prosperous <cie iris the dividends had been folly earned. CHAXGZS IN BYLAWS. The meeting wax attended by about *wer.' - EtccJtholders, among them some of the directors. Mr. Thorr.as presided, and at *is right, at a separate table in the small room in the Jersey City branch of the com pany, the Mattbiessen &. Wiechers refinery, «at Charles B. Heike, the secretary. At Mr. Thorr-as's left sat James M. Beck, the new general ccu^Eel for the coirpany. • | Before the election ilr. Beck read changes ta the bylaws. These were the increase of the munber cf jlrecrors in the board, the chancre of the date of the annual meeting, provision for an executive comnittee of sev^r directors and a prohibition relating •o speculating in the stock cf subsidiary "emparies In which the American had an Interest. The latter is required by the =tcck Exchange cf all companies whose Etoeks are listed. Thsre was no occcsition to the changes. v H. B. Clcsscn. of Parson?, "tv— nil & Mc nraJne, who were general counsel for the ecrr.pany after the resignation of John H Parsons and before the appointment of Mr. Seek. on*ered two resolutions, which were adopted, the first approving the actions of the directors for the last year and the sec ond indorsing the application of the reserve cf the earnings to the working capital. It was remarked at the meeting thai this ■ras the first gathering in years at which it. Parsons had not been present. The refers. -Henry -A. Church, of Boston, tsi "ST. E. Foster, of this, city, were ,- «*sfed for nmtriw «*« -whole hour-required i is? the 'bylaws for the po'.is to remain open in circnting the great bundles of proxies •srhich were cast for the ticket. The 548,386 represented all the votes cast at the meet '--'? Neither Richard Olneynor Stephen S. Palmer, on the proxy committee, was present and Giiner Clapp, of Boston, acted aione. It was said that the financial state ment would be -p?ijy in Pehruary. Eroy person at the meeting listened eager." to the reading of the report of the directors, but paid especial attention to the references to the monopoly disclaimer and the section with the caption "Litigation Against the Company." The former fcl- Icws: This American Sugar Refining Company has no agreement, direct or implied, in re gara to toe nx:ng of prices or the regula tion of the production of refined sugar The industry ta genera! contends with a com petition of the keenest and fiercest char acter. Its corporate status has had the direct sanction of the highest tribunal in 'irt^ =^preme Court of the United The report declared that no "led or «decuate reference could be mada at that T im 6to the litigation against the company md fine of its employes, as judicial inves- Sgatios ■was sttll under way. Reference made to the statement given out last ipril containing tiie reasons why the com '=-r-' bad settled the claim noade by the CDTersssest because of fraudulent ander •eighing at one of the refineries, and then it cays: . - has endeavored in every way 0 :ac::;Late the mvLSUgations of the gov «3aneat. Without the formality of a sun p.=r.a. t.:e officers of this company, ".vith -t snowlAdge and approval of the board, -i-.-f- put in the pc-fcEessien of the special wnosei :cr tne government all books, doc .— ifer.ts. letters and minutes or whatever '^"vi ';'^ T ?uc v. h spt r al «»«i!sel desired, and Mve given '.hem the freest and fullest ac .""/-«-' l »*-- offices of your com pan v and ne freest arid fuijest opportunity to'inter -=£.*& any and 3.11 employes. • -»o attempt whatever has been made to KHcM bw one, »ad your bc<ard has nc rea «vL Trj Oe :e '*2 and does? not aeHeve that any suspnve officer or director of this eom i-a-iy .taa any know! edge of or participation -raoiculent underweighins. THZ SZGAL I>OA.V CASE. /.r.oth^r case, that or the receiver of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company. «TWr.g out cf the Segra! loan, the direc *ors say ; has been the subject of much in- z*id unjust comment, but as it w-s r.ar.c- the subject or legal proceedings BJ the government against the company a.£e<;yate statement ot the facts, it •as declared, might be misconstrued and ''erefcre was emitted. _/-* was corranf-.nt nevertheless in ■ I till "1 \"f!\ :^^l^S^?^^ I ?*^ --f*'^: •?■"; : ~ X 'Z^ I -^"^ Between Hew York & Philadelphia | H^rSsg^ NEW JERSEY CENTRAL I jfj *"""' ff ~~ g "*T"nl 1 ' " **' yi^^-^~^-J A two-hour train ''very hour on the hour, I - ■JjMr£f£f£}' COWFOPr """"^ troTa 7A.Mto6 P. M. from Liberty St ' 1 yCagSg^y/^^^"- ihmii**^ In addition to other trains. T*>n minutes I 1 Srnclco.^^^^ SAFETY h*fnw the hnnr from yy>.«t 33rt 'street,'"" i *j i^.^. ._ . — ■— " • rJlninz car* morning, noon «n«l ni»-ht. P ---— -- Partor ram on all train*. Sleepers on mldnljrhi trains. ESji^w^iy >.^^.— .. _ I _^ J , m ,„ , -y^jj Jin* ijt*w %LM^aj^^^^^BßM^PWWHr^B^Bßß^Wa^M^M^Kimcn33BiJMJ!tl^M P « > 1 1 1- r f ft i o i ° : ~i a 3^i^ i sS m »*« 2 m lM 8111B 1 1 1 ii I *J f 111 1 re 1 J !SI *\* 1 2 5 "w ■ i, - , ' _^ WALTHAM WATCHES Ask to sec the new thin model Colonial series that the report says that when the United States Supreme Court was called upon to consider the legality of the acquisition by the company ". of four sugar refineries in Philadelphia It held that the interstate law did not apply, and that It was because of this that it was assumed by the direc tors and officers, and still was the opinion of their counsel, that the short-time loan made to Segal on the security of a con trolling Interest In one refinery was not a violation' of any law. In the receiver's suit the report calls at tention to the fact that the United States district judge who tried the case first up held the position of the company. This was reversed, by the United States Circuit Court or Appeals. In the trial following the reversal of Judge Holt, the company settled the care for $2,000,000, represented by $750,000 in cash and the cancellation of the loan, which amounted to $1,250,000. A much wider interpretation of the Sher man anti-trust "aw was given in the de cision of the Appeals Court, the report says. than had theretofore obtained, and atten tion was called to the fact that the sound ness of this opinion was now under re view before the United States Supreme Court on an appeal in the tobacco case. That was the extent of the references in the report to the litigation in which the company is or was concerned. In regard to the business of the com pany, the report starts out by saying That the publicity to be given to It is a recog nition of the legitimate interests of the pub lic in a business organization which deals to a large extent in a necessity of life. Another reason follows: A further motive for this report is found in the tact that it seems to be the oniy method by v.-hich this company can cor rect the widespread misrepresentation and criticism to which it has been sub jected. A business corporation can have ao asset more valuable than the good will of the public, and that good will can best be gained by explaining to the public the nature of any exisiing misapprehension as to :ts character and operations. A 5 a matter of interest it was reported that the average holding of stock in the company was fifty shares. The 900.000 shares were distributed among 15.484 stock holders, held preponderantly in New Eng land. It is a misapprehension, the re port says, to hold that the company is a monopoly. When, in ISJ*4, In the Knight case, the United States Supreme Court held that the American Sugar Refining Company was not a monopoly under the Sherman act it controlled a far greater percentage of the trade than at present. Xow. according to a statistician, it refines only 42.5 per cent of the sugar consumed in tr.:s country. Of the twenty-one cane sugar refineries the report says that the company operates ■even, has a minority interest in four, and no interest whatever in ten. Between the refineries operated br the company and in which it had an interest and the others, it •was said that the competition was continu ous and severe. But the business of the company had Increased despite the curtail ment of holdings, and this was due to the consolidation of plants and the increased capacity of others belonging to the com pany. The latter has a majority interest !n the beet sugar piar.rs. REFUNDING OF DUTIES. It is denied in the report that the com pany derives a benefit from protective du ties. The actual protection amounted to only about cne-sixteent/. of a cent a pound, and the company in fourteen years paid in duties to the government $235,300,000. The duty, it was also said, was substantially refunded by ihe government en any equiva lent quantity of refined sugar produced from the imported raw sugar and exported. It was denied that the company sold sutrar for export at a lower price than for domes tic use. Of thiE the repor- says: Granulated is now quoted fcr exnort at 2.10 cents, against a domestic price of 4.90 cent?, per pound. This difference la caused by the refund by the government of the larger part of t.ie duty previous the raw sugar, to encourage the exportation of a product manufactured in this; country. and this refund iv In pursuance of the •ecogmized public poKoy of encouraging the «ct>oTtatlon of products produced tA- Ameri can labor and capital. Another denial was of the interests, di rectly or indirectly, in Cuba, Porto Rico. Hawaii, the Philippine Islands or any foreign country, thus not sharing in the advantages that owners of sugar planta tions in the foregoing countries might have :n, sending sugar to tr.is markat. Reference is made, •■with mud" faction, " to the price of sugar to-day as compared with ISOD. :t betas on the average for the last five years, for granulated. 4.56S cents, as compared with 4.aTS in the previous Sve years. The American Sugar Refining Company, according to die report, owns thousands of acres of timber iar.c In connection with :ta subsidiary, the Brooklyn Cooperag6 Com pany, by wcicfa tta barrels are made, its lands are distributed as follows: Xew York State, 4€visOo acres, with stumpaje rights on 60.000 acres more. Pennsylvania acres; Arkansas, 70,000. and in Missouri £•0,000 acres. It also owns and operates figtltT niiies of railroad and operates nine stave and heading mills, and these, con nected with the Brooklyn Cooperage Com pany, ith is said, and to the effici. c economical handling i' .-sugar. The company has disposed of its interest soJEse dc report says, as well as its interests in other agencies at distribution. Apart from the defence jf its business methodr, the report breathes ■?r;Tisfaction in the progress of its piants and its ability to meet competition. The directors declare that '.he cane su^ar re fineries and the beet sugar factor.es are >r,owing better resits thuan at any ctr.er •.•me in the history of the company. The report closes with The following lost of its interests Cane refineries ixnr.% operated. Standard, of Boston, Havemeyer & Elder, of Will lamsburs; Ifirtlilnennn & Wiechers, of Jersey City; Spreckeis, of Philadelphia, and the Chalmette. of Xew Orleans Held in reserve: The Franklin, at Philadelphia, and the Louisiana, at New Orleans. One- I'^arter of the capital stock of the National Sugar Refining Company is owned by the Amenc&n. and a half interest in the West ern Sugar Refining Company of San Fran cisco. BEET SUGAR INTERESTS. The beet sugar companies in which it is Interested are the A:aineda Sugar Com pany, cf California: Spreckeis Sugar Com pany, of the same state; Utah-Idaho, Amalgamated and Lewiston sugar com panit*. of Utan: Great Waster v Sugar Company, of Colorado; Micnigan Sugar NKWrYORK DAI!A TRIBUNE, THI?KSDAY, JAXUAKY 13, 1910. Company, of Michigan: lowa Sugar Com pany, of Iowa; Carver County Sugar Com pany, of Minnesota; Menominee River Sugar Company, of Michigan, and the Con tinental Susar Company, of Ohio. It was intended to take up the investiga tion into the frauds on the Havemeyer & Eider docks before the new federal grand Jury yesterday, but because of a misunder standing the latter adjourned before the counsel for the government arrived at the Federal Building. There were several wit nesses present when the counsel arrived. Th^y were asked appear asain T o-<iay DEALERS PROTECTED Decrease tv Fauliu Weights and Measures Reported. Albany. Jan. 12. — That there is a de mand among honest and legitimate deal ers for a systematic and Intelligent in spection of weights and measures, to which they believe they are entitled to protect them from the dishonest com petitor, is asserted by Dr. F. Reichmann. State Sealer of Weights and Measures, in his annual report to the Legislature to-day. All are opposed, he says, to a system based on* fees and one where the tests are made for solicited services only, which Is practically the condition throughout the state at present. Dr. Reichmann believes that periodic and non-periodic inspection of weights and measures would insure protection alike to producer, distributer and con sumer. "There is a vast lack of uni formity." he says, "in weights and meas ures inspection in the various cities, as well as in the counties and towns. Under the present law it is mandatory for each town to have a sealer as well as each county. It is, furthermore, mandatory that each county board of supervisors provide each town with standards. These sealers act for solicited services only." The Sealer recommends that the office of town sealer be abolished, which, he soys, will save the state more than $100,000 for apparatus alone; that the county sealer be paid a salary; that fees be established and that it be man datory on the county sealer to inspect and test every weight and measure used in trade and that he make a sworn report to the appointing power. Dr. Reichmann says there has been a notable decrease in faulty weights and measures throughout the state owing to more uniform action among the sealers, and the activity of the state department to eliminate those that were faulty through ignorance or negligence. TO PROTECT STREAMS. State Engineer Says State Controls 1,800 Miles. Albany, Jan. 12.— 1n his annual report to the Legislature Frank M. Williams, State Engineer and Surveyor, will make several important recommendations. One concerns streams, which from early usage or legis lative act, have become navigable public highways. He says that there is '.ittle general realization of the number and ex tent of these streams over wh.ch the State is sovereign and retains control for navi gation purposes. They total about I.SOO miles. Public money has been spent on some of these, but generally, except on streams forming part of the present canal system, no state official or department has charge of them. Mr. Williams recommends legislative pro vision for instituting a broad investiga tion of the whole subject, including the compilation of the history of all important navigable streams and «. general engineer ing reconnoissance to determine their char acteristics, and the steps which may best be taken for their development, together with a study of the probable utility of greater navigation facilities. SEEK REFORM LAWS. Allied Moral and Civic Associa tion Formed. [By Te'.ejrraph to The Tribune.] Albany, Jan. 12.— Seventy-five representa tives of eighteen reform and temperance organizations met to-day at tine Tabernacle : Church in this city to agree on reform legislation. After a morning and an afternoon session the delegates or ganized the Allied Moral and Civic Asso ciation. Among the evils it will seek to ob viale through legislation will be gambling, intemperance! and the "white slave" traffic. Among the organizations repre-sented, be sidea those already mentioned, were the Se cret Law and Order League, the Anti-Saloon League, Inter nationa.l Order of Good Temp lars, National Temperance Society and Lv; a! Temperance League, The proposed temperance legislation discussed at the afternoon session was the county unit plan. This plan would put the question of license up to the voters of the various counties, and if once a county voted for no license the selling of liquor could never be re €sta v slished in the oour.ty. This proposition, -\ ith others, will be discussed by the legis lative committee. BIG TIM " G ARANTEES IRISH. Says None of That Descent Are ! White Slave" Traders. [By Telegraph to The Tribune. ) Albany, Jan. 12.— "Big Tim" Sullivan trit-d to call up his "white slave" inquiry resolution to-night. Senator Allds told him that as a grand jury was investigating that subject, he thought it unwise for the Senate to take a parallel inquiry. '"Well, I know nothing about that subject except what 1 read in the newspapers," re marked Sullivan, "but I have put it up to the majority of this Senate, and they can do what they like with it. The people of my pert of the city are not afraid of any investigation, and I can guarantee, without any reflections on other national ities or religions, that you'll not find any American of Irish descent who ever was mixed up in that traffic." FRISBIE OBJECTS TO MEASURES Blocks Introduction from Floor — Ways and Means Committee Enlarged. fßy Teicirraph to The Tribune.: Albany, Jan. 12.— Assemblyman Parker. <--f Washington, was unsuccessful to-night in tryteg to introduce from the rtoor the bill generally amending the Public Service Com ■Ais law which was In the Senate on the last day of the session 'ast year, r.'nan imous consent was withheld tv Assembly man Frisfcie, of Schonane. lie also rateaad to permit Mr Parker to Introduce the bill to establish ,± state department of immigra tion. Both measures will o* dropped in the bill box to-morrow The Asiemoly adopted a resolution, intro duced by Mr Merntt, increasing from thir teen to fifteen the numoer .if the mombwi of the Ways a.nd Means Committee NEWCOMB HAS PRIMARY BILL. Senator Also Introduces Resolution on Income Tax Amendment. (By Telegraph to The Tribune. J Albany, Jan. 12. — Senator Newcomb to night introduced his bill of last year for direct primaries by means of delegates in structed for candidates by . name at the primaries. The bill provides for a uniform primary day. an official primary ballot and general enrolment in the state Senator Newcomb also introduced ,a con current resolution refusing to ratify the federal resolution on income tax, as. rec ommended by the Governor. liVSOBAJVi E REPORT FOE MORE EXAMINERS Hotchkiss Would Change Laws for Fire Companies. Albany, Jan. 11*. — Important recommenda tions were, made t6 The L. gi.-'.ature to-night by Superintendent William H. Hotchkiss of the Statr> Insurance Department in the flf tr-f!rst annual report of the work of the dip* I Illif ill In brief, he suggests . That fire insurance companies, under cer tain restrictions as to increased capitaliza tion or deposits, be permitted to write in surance against fire risks, not only on land, but on the high =^as. and that marine com panies be permitted to write insurance against any of the risks of transportation, including tire, on land as wtXi as on inland waters and the seas. That the limitation placed on the new business of domestic life insurance com panies be extended to non-state companies. That the provisions of law prohibiting re bating by life insurance agents and giving the superintendent discretion to refuse them licenses should be extended to fire insurance agents A substantial inc-ease in tfae «xamining force of the department. Real supervision and control of Lloyds associations by the State Insurance De partment. That the oepartment's jurisdiction be ex tended to include the control and regula tion of town and county co-operative fire insurance companies. Superintendent Hotchkiss points out the farreaching effect of the amendment enact ed by the last Legislature which gives him the power of liquidation in case companies are insolvent or so conduct their business that, in the judgment of the department, their further continuance would be hazard ous to their policyholder? or to the public The jtport calls attention to the need of a complete recodiflcation of the insurance law, but recognizes the impossibility of attempting such recodiflcation now. In lieu thereof, it suggests many changes in the 1 w intended to strengthen It in cer tain direction?, and to take out of it sec cions md provisions which lead now to discriminations in favor of classes of com panies and even of companies in specified classes. Thus, it practically recommends th<~ repeal of three af the ten articles of the law. and of all sections and clauses in Article l. which except from the general provisions contained in that article frater nal beneficiary societies, assessment live stock associations and town and county co operative fire insurance companies, as well as certain foreign and alien companies ad mitted to do business prior to the codifica tion of 1592. NORMAL. CONDITION* RESTORED. With regard to life companies, the re port, after commenting on an investigation of the effects of the amendatory laws of 1906 — which indicates that, while there had been a considerable falling off in the new writings of domestic lire insurance com panies, due to such investigation, normal conditions have now been restored, and that, due directly to the legislation just mentioned, there has been a very consider able saving in expenses, a marked Increase of issets and a substantial addition to divi dend participations suggests that a period of legislative peace Is what is now needed by companies of this class and, therefore. makes few recommendations. Among the latter are that the limitation on new busi ness now applicable to domestic companies be extended to non-state companies; that life companies be no longer permitted to issue policies secured by actual deposits in the department, and that companies of this class be permitted, on securing the advance approval of the Superintendent, to write policies in not more than $3,000, the premiums on which will be payable monthly — the belief being that there is a growing demand lor insurance of thin kind from a large class of wage earners, farmers, tradesmen and professional men who are unable to carry ordinary life insurance and, on the other hand, are unwilling to insure on a purely industrial plan. As to casualty companies, the report recommends that the uniform bill adopted at the recent convention of the insurance commissioners, which provides for stand ard clauses in the policies of such com panies and prohibits the use of other clauses which have been condemned by ex perience, be made a part of the Insurance law of New York. The report also recom mends amendments which will permit com panies of this class to give a broader policy against accidents due to automobile col lisions and to insure against property dam age by horses and horse-drawn vehicles. XO BOSTOX RECOUXT* Storrow Will Abide by Official Returng. Boston. Jan. 12— No recount of the vote for Mayor of Boston w:ll be asked for on the part of the principal defeated candi date. James J. Storrow. if the revised offi cial returns show the same plurality for ex -Mayor John F. Fitzgerald v was an nounced at City Hall last night. In the face of the early evening returns following the election, Mr. fitorrow declared he would ask for a recount, as his figures showed only 191 plurality for the winner. To-night Mr. Storrow said he would not ask a r° count if Mr. Fitzgerald's lead of some 1.415 is maintained. Recount papers have been taken out as a precaution, however by the manager of Mr. StorroWs campaign, and are being cir culated. It is necessary to secure fifty signers in each of the twenty-five wards, and the papers must be filed by 5 ok '<>■ k Friday night. FOR FIRE INSURANCE INQUIRY. Assemblyman Hoey Puta in Resolution f^r Legislative Investigation. fB l- Telegraph I I ] mo.] Albany. Jan. 12. — Because of disclosures by investigations by the Superintendent of Insurance of the Phcenix and other fin? In surance companies of :he 3tate. Assembly man Hoey to-night introduced a concurrent resolution, calling for an investigation of the business of fire insurance companies by a committee of three Senators and 3ve Assemblymen. Mr Hoey said that the interest of policy and stock holders In ftra n panics was nor properly safeguarded by th* existing laws, anil that the companies made unreasonable charges. He .ailed at- ÜBtlon to trie recommendation of Governor Hughes :n his annual message for a re vision of the law relanr.^ r o nrp Insoranoa LILLE Y AGAIN ACCUSED Charged with Robbing thp Estate of a Friend. :E-- T^if-t-r.'.ph ■.-> Th<* Trihunf ' Putsburg. Jan. 12. — Charges ol em bezzlement were to-day made against Will iam C. Lilley. the missing church official of Pittsbur*. Aside from taking more than $40,000 of the funds of the Presbyterian Church. Lii ley was to-day publicly accused of misap propriating funds belonging to the estate of Mrs. Harriet E. Watson, who, with her husband, was a friend of Lilley. It is said by the Safe Deposit and Trust Company, which filed the information against Lilley. that lie misappropriated $2,324 13 belonging, to the Watson estate. Lilley was !aat:heard of in Chicago, where he defied official* ot the Plttsburg l:us bvury to try .to. taring. him back Into Penn sylvania, sayinj he knew too much." ArTO MEASURES IX. Follow Closely Suggestions in Annual Message. Albany, Jan. 12.— That there will be no dearth of Drooosed automobile legislation durimr the present legislative session was indicated to-nieht by the j introduction of measures by Assemblymen Callan, of Co lumbia, and Dana, of New York,. designed to regulate motor vehicle traffic. Both meas ures follow closely the suggestions of Gov ernor Hushes in his annual message. The Dana bill requires automobile opera tors to be licensed; chauffeurs must pass an examination; machines less than 30 horsepower are to be taxed $10 annually, over 30 horsepower $20, the proceeds to be turned over to the State Highway Com mission for road improvement. • A new speed regulation of fifteen miles an hour in built-up portions of cities and twenty five miles in outlying portions is provided, and a speed in excess of thirty miles in country districts is made prima facie evi dence of negligence. No one less than eighteen years old is to be licensed to run a car. The Callan bill is based on the Massachu setts law It would tax machines accord- Ing to horsepower and in many respects is similar to the Dar;a measure. Hea-y penalties are provided for refusal to give name asd address of an automobile owner when a driver is found intoxicated. If a driver flees after injuring a person he shall be subject to a heavy fine and im prisonment. Carafes are required to keep a record of all cars entering and depa.- z A bill jay Assemblyman Joseph requires larger figures to be displayed on the rear of motor cars, the numbers to be illu minated at night. $500,000 FROM AUTOS. Highway Board Sajt* Then Should Pay for Roads. Albany, Jan. 12.— Declaring that automo bile traffic has compelled more expensive methods of construction of highways throughout the state, whicn will <:ost an nually more than {1.000.000. the State Com mission of Highways, in its first annual report to the Legislature to-night recom mends the enforcement of an annual regis tration fee for automobiles which will give the state not less than $500,000. the proceeds to be devoted to the care and maintenance of Improved nlghways. The commission states that the $1,000,000 does not rake into account the large additional amount neces sary for repairs on the other roads A study of traffic conditions has con vinced the commission that one kind of roadbed is neither suitable nor economical for all locations. The report suggests that an appropriation of $80,000 be made for use by the commission in developing, through experiment, economical forms of road con struction which will be suited to various weights and classes of traffic. This money is to be used as ihe commission Jeams best in the purchase of suitable equipment and materials and payment for necessary labor. The commission believes that an appropria tion so made will enable it to begin experi ments and vary them to meet the different conditions encountered, until s satisfactory solution of each case has been reacned. An amendment to the constitution is rec ommended permitting the construction of proper roads in the forest preserve. The Attorney CJeneral has ruled lhat iha com mission under the present law has no au thority to improve highways in :he forest preserve which -are not entirely within the alignment of the existing roads, -mr cau the commission cut any timber within these lines. MORE OX WRECK. Xew York Central Employes Tell Conflicting Stories. John P. Bellew. towerman on the New York Central Railroad at Croton-on-Hua son, who was arrested after the accident which resulted in the death of Spencer Trask on December 31, was one of the prin cipal witnesses yesterday at the inquest which :s beinar conducted by Ccroner Squire of Ossinmix. by which it is hoped to nx the responsibility for the wreck. He tola how a fast freight train had crashed into the Montreal express, which had been held ud at his tower, just after hi- had given the sienal to proceed, and said that the freight was not in sight when he £:ive the signal. He further tesuried that the braiieman of the express went only a few feet from the rear of the train with his red flag, although the rules of the road provide that he shall keep on going back until he meets a train or is recalled by th« engineer. The engineer of the freight train, Eugene Flanagan, said that he did not see the tail lights of tne express until he was within three hundred feet of them. He aDDlied •:- i:r brakes and had cut the speed of his train down to six miles an hour when he struck the rear car of the express. Both Flanagan. and John E. Knapp, the second man ia his cab. maintained that the signal which previous wrtnesses referred to as the distance sienal was set clear, and not "cau tton," as Bellew had testified. MONEY LONG DUE MR. WHITE Lieutenant Governor's Secretary Talks on Insurance Case. Albany, Jan. 12.— Lieutenant Governor TVhite on his return from Syracuse to-day declined to make any statement regarding his connection with the affairs of the Peo ple's Mutua: Life Insurance Association and League of Syracuse, which the State Insurance Department is seeking to ad minister, except to advise the reading of the sworn testimony in the case. Stanley Wells, his secretary, made the following statement about the Lieutenant Governor's appearance in the transaction: Mr TVhite apeared as counsel tor his client, the first National Bank of Syra cuse. The uncontradicted testimony taken by the Insurance Department shows that the money disbursed by Mr. Wh.te was the sole property of John Tev.s, of Louis ville, and not the money of the Peoples Mutual. The uncontradicted testimony also showa that every dollar of the money re ceived by Mr. White was in payment "of a long standing obligation owing to him by Mr Tevta Mr White in no way reore .-.-nted either Mr Tevii or the 'People's Mutual. RETAW A BFACER. THE MOROG AFTER ;-TA» IS A SrARKLING TREATED ."EH AND ACTS SPEEDILY IN CASES OF NERVOUS HEADACHE AND DKPRES .-IGN FOLLOWING ALCOHOLIC AND OTHER EXCESSES BOTTLED IN SPLITS ONLY. NOT A tAXATTTE. Hotels. Cluba, Car*. and ru*rl«t«- ' ERIE RAILROAD The following TIME TABLE CHANGES EF FECTIVE JANUARY 18. 1910. Tfifiis 5. a* v »nd Buffalo Ciprfu wm Iflfllll 3. leave New York dally 7 .. P if Instead of «30 P. M. ' " TRfclH 7 an ? Cincinnati Exprew l.ittlii J. will l"l "* V NN * W York dally U:10 TR 5 IS 17 uth «™ Tier Expresi will ll My*M v* in..ltl <*f. New York dally 12:40 a M In mead of 12:00 midnight, to Homo.l only. TRIIN 9. Buffalo Expr««« WITHDRAWN. Also numerous changre« in 23d St. Ferry Ser vice and Main Lain Suburban Tnuaa. " ONeill-Amms (g (Established 42 Years.) TO-DAY'S NLWS What Our "Affiliated" Stores Mean — In China Particularly O'Xeill Building — Bisemem We have talked of our Affiliated Stores — we have explained that, because of our : affiliation, j millions of dollars* worth of merchandise that -••«• j sell here in these two stores, is sold below the ] average market prices; but we have not given you, perhaps, as clear an exam of what it means to your own pocketbook as we cam give j you in this China Sale. Last summer our buyer of China was in • _ Europe. Just before he went it becarse known «j throughout the business world — Europe m well as America — that j the United Dry Goods Company, which is the affiliation to which ! these two stores belong, had become the most powerful retail or ganization in the world. So that when our buyer landed in Europe he found awaiting him here a reception never given to any Ameri can buyer before. Makers of China from Germany, from France, from Austria — seeking to confine their entire output to this or ganization, or to make some arrangement whereby they could, feel assured of a steady market." I The results of his arrangements there are beginning -■ reach — and the following are good examples of what it means to you: SU.QB and $15.98 Dinner Sets for $11 Austrian Dinner Sets, 100 beau tiful pieces to a set. in beautiful decorations. $18.50 Dinner Sets for $12.75 made up of 100 pieces of Aus trian china, with the much de sired and coveted soup tureen. in beautiful decorations — floral and gold. $29.98 Dinner Sets for $22.59 102 pieces m beautiful border decorations, for which Austria is famous. $41.50 Dinner Sets for $32.50 Austrian china. 102 piec*^ m America Responds Just as Europe Does Here Are 51 4.98 Dinner Sets for 57.7S 100 pieces of Arnencan Pcrrcelain in beautiful j^old iac* havte design, with soup tureen included. $4.50 Tea Sets for $3.75 American Porcelain. .56 pieces to a set. handsome natural floral decorations. That's sharp evidence of what big quantities mean, We Give and Redeem Surety Stamps £%£?* ONknx-An\Ms€ 3lxth Aye 20th to 22d st. vJixrJi Am r\Ur\M?> \i} 20th ra zla st EXHIBITION OF Old Chinese Porcelains JADE AND OTHER HARD STONES PLAZA HOTEL, FIFTH AYE. and 59th ST.. SLITE 134-6-B— FIRST FLOOR by GORER of 170 Sew Bond Street* London. On View Daily. PIERCE ARROW The Perfect Car We believe that the 1910 Pierce-Arrow Car, oow on exhibition at the Garden Show, is the moit consistently good achievement in motor car building that the world has yet seen. The 1910 models have all been sold. Orders are being taken now for 1911 cars. HABROLDS MOTOR CAR CO. «SS W. Mth Street, \>w York Not J", Milk Trust The Original and fiinuini HORLICK'S MALTED MILK Th* Food Drink far All Igis. For Infants. lnvaiids,anci Growing children. Pure Nutrition, upbuilding the whole body Invigorates the nursing mother and the aged. Rich milk, malted gram, in powder form A quick lunch prepared in a mmute rake do substitute. Ask for HORUCK'S- Others are imitations. BUSINESS CHAN C ES._ IF PARTY WITH SMALL CAPITAL will call at Room ... Knickerbocker Theatre Buitttasr. 118 W««t SHh «... they will h«*r something to lUrtr advantage. . . . . . AT A GREAT REDUCTION", printins if all kinds: we i-An save you SO".. Johnson Press. ■uocamot* to Call Prui, 143 Fulton St.. N. T. open stock — green and gold bor der design — so that broken pieces can always be replaced. 582.25 Dinner Sets for $59.75 made by Chas. Field H ■ Hi — in open stock. .100 pieces to the set. in rose and daisy decora tions, with gold edges. 542.50 Dinner Sets for $22.50 101 pieces of Chas. Field Kavi land china, in beautiful floral designs, touched here and there with gold. So far as we know we have never before been able to sell these at less than $27, or about what other stores must pay for them. Under the new arrange ment we can sell them for $22.50. Individual specimens may be selected- ELLIS MOTOR CAB OOMPANT 1 34. Washington St. , Newark. VJ. Xew Jersey Agsots ART EXHIBITIONS AND SALES. THIS AFTERNOON AT 2:30 Continuing To-morrow (Friday) And 5%*» urdiy Afternoons, at iama notsr. .- D? THE Fifth Aye. i KJXf^St Art Galleries, JJiX^S* "SII.O BCILDING." Stuiff^ *<♦• Firth Aye.. " T — w Cor. 45t_h <♦ Mr. Jsrse* F, Sl!o» Auction**?* The Important Collection I PEWTER formed by Mrs. Johnson Brown and Exhibited last year at .V. Johnson Brown & Co Exhibition until Mine nt Mtie in ib«*« nilatl«» i ■ - . • . | ADVERTISEMENTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS for Tha Trlbunn rec«iv«d at th«lr Cocoira Offlcs. No. Kft4 Broadway. b«tw*«n 3fit.Wnd Z".ih »ts.. until 0 o'clock p. m. AAwttmamail received at th« following braneA - offlcaa «♦ regular oiAc* rates uattl * o'clock a. 35 vti *>♦ Sift »v*. a. *. cor. 3MR.IMto *ri * 8